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MS Graph Calendar Create Event

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Creates a new event in a specified calendar.

For more details, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/calendar-post-events?view=graph-rest-1.0

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#include <C_CkHttpW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponseW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttpW http;
    HCkJsonObjectW jsonToken;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    HCkHttpResponseW resp;
    const wchar_t *displayName;
    const wchar_t *locationType;
    const wchar_t *uniqueId;
    const wchar_t *uniqueIdType;
    const wchar_t *statusResponse;
    const wchar_t *statusTime;
    const wchar_t *emailAddressName;
    const wchar_t *emailAddressAddress;
    const wchar_t *odataContext;
    const wchar_t *odataEtag;
    const wchar_t *id;
    const wchar_t *createdDateTime;
    const wchar_t *lastModifiedDateTime;
    const wchar_t *changeKey;
    const wchar_t *originalStartTimeZone;
    const wchar_t *originalEndTimeZone;
    const wchar_t *iCalUId;
    const wchar_t *reminderMinutesBeforeStart;
    const wchar_t *isReminderOn;
    const wchar_t *hasAttachments;
    const wchar_t *subject;
    const wchar_t *bodyPreview;
    const wchar_t *importance;
    const wchar_t *sensitivity;
    const wchar_t *isAllDay;
    const wchar_t *isCancelled;
    const wchar_t *isOrganizer;
    const wchar_t *responseRequested;
    const wchar_t *seriesMasterId;
    const wchar_t *showAs;
    const wchar_t *type;
    const wchar_t *webLink;
    const wchar_t *onlineMeetingUrl;
    const wchar_t *recurrence;
    const wchar_t *responseStatusResponse;
    const wchar_t *responseStatusTime;
    const wchar_t *bodyContentType;
    const wchar_t *bodyContent;
    const wchar_t *startDateTime;
    const wchar_t *startTimeZone;
    const wchar_t *endDateTime;
    const wchar_t *endTimeZone;
    const wchar_t *locationDisplayName;
    const wchar_t *locationLocationType;
    const wchar_t *locationUniqueId;
    const wchar_t *locationUniqueIdType;
    const wchar_t *organizerEmailAddressName;
    const wchar_t *organizerEmailAddressAddress;
    int i;
    int count_i;

    success = FALSE;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    http = CkHttpW_Create();

    // Use your previously obtained access token as shown here:
    //    Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token with Calendars.ReadWrite scope.

    jsonToken = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    success = CkJsonObjectW_LoadFile(jsonToken,L"qa_data/tokens/msGraphCalendar.json");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_lastErrorText(jsonToken));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonToken);
        return;
    }

    CkHttpW_putAuthToken(http,CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonToken,L"access_token"));

    // Create a JSON body for the HTTP POST
    // Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Code to Create JSON

    // {
    //   "subject": "Let's go for lunch",
    //   "body": {
    //     "contentType": "HTML",
    //     "content": "Does mid month work for you?"
    //   },
    //   "start": {
    //       "dateTime": "2019-11-15T12:00:00",
    //       "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
    //   },
    //   "end": {
    //       "dateTime": "2019-11-15T14:00:00",
    //       "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
    //   },
    //   "location":{
    //       "displayName":"Harry's Bar"
    //   },
    //   "attendees": [
    //     {
    //       "emailAddress": {
    //         "address":"adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
    //         "name": "Adele Vance"
    //       },
    //       "type": "required"
    //     }
    //   ]
    // }

    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"subject",L"Let's go for lunch");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"body.contentType",L"HTML");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"body.content",L"Does mid month work for you?");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"start.dateTime",L"2019-11-15T12:00:00");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"start.timeZone",L"Pacific Standard Time");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"end.dateTime",L"2019-11-15T14:00:00");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"end.timeZone",L"Pacific Standard Time");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"location.displayName",L"Harry's Bar");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"attendees[0].emailAddress.address",L"adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"attendees[0].emailAddress.name",L"Adele Vance");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"attendees[0].type",L"required");

    // POST the JSON to https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/calendars/{id}/events
    // This is posting to a calendar in the default calendarGroup.

    // Specify the calendar id
    CkHttpW_SetUrlVar(http,L"id",L"AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgBGAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAcA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAgEGAAAA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAClEpRTgAAAA==");
    resp = CkHttpResponseW_Create();
    success = CkHttpW_HttpJson(http,L"POST",L"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/calendars/{$id}/events",json,L"application/json",resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonToken);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    CkJsonObjectW_Load(json,CkHttpResponseW_bodyStr(resp));
    CkJsonObjectW_putEmitCompact(json,FALSE);

    if (CkHttpResponseW_getStatusCode(resp) != 201) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(json));
        wprintf(L"Failed, response status code = %d\n",CkHttpResponseW_getStatusCode(resp));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonToken);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(json));

    // A sample response:
    // (See code for parsing this response below..)

    // {
    //   "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('admin%40chilkat.io')/calendars('AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS ... AClEpRTgAAAA%3D%3D')/events/$entity",
    //   "@odata.etag": "W/\"5+vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAClIgmmw==\"",
    //   "id": "AQMkADAwAT ... ApRZ7JkAAAA=",
    //   "createdDateTime": "2019-04-26T14:31:39.8791929Z",
    //   "lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-04-26T14:31:41.2753537Z",
    //   "changeKey": "5+vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAClIgmmw==",
    //   "categories": [
    //   ],
    //   "originalStartTimeZone": "Pacific Standard Time",
    //   "originalEndTimeZone": "Pacific Standard Time",
    //   "iCalUId": "040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000F05DF1C23CFCD40100000000000000001000000009911D155F71EF42A230FEBFE5F7486A",
    //   "reminderMinutesBeforeStart": 15,
    //   "isReminderOn": true,
    //   "hasAttachments": false,
    //   "subject": "Let's go for lunch",
    //   "bodyPreview": "Does mid month work for you?",
    //   "importance": "normal",
    //   "sensitivity": "normal",
    //   "isAllDay": false,
    //   "isCancelled": false,
    //   "isOrganizer": true,
    //   "responseRequested": true,
    //   "seriesMasterId": null,
    //   "showAs": "busy",
    //   "type": "singleInstance",
    //   "webLink": "https://outlook.live.com/owa/?itemid=AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwL...pRZ7JkAAAA%3D&exvsurl=1&path=/calendar/item",
    //   "onlineMeetingUrl": null,
    //   "recurrence": null,
    //   "responseStatus": {
    //     "response": "organizer",
    //     "time": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
    //   },
    //   "body": {
    //     "contentType": "html",
    //     "content": "<html>\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\">\r\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=us-ascii\">\r\n</head>\r\n<body>\r\nDoes mid month work for you?\r\n</body>\r\n</html>\r\n"
    //   },
    //   "start": {
    //     "dateTime": "2019-11-15T12:00:00.0000000",
    //     "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
    //   },
    //   "end": {
    //     "dateTime": "2019-11-15T14:00:00.0000000",
    //     "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
    //   },
    //   "location": {
    //     "displayName": "Harry's Bar",
    //     "locationType": "default",
    //     "uniqueId": "Harry's Bar",
    //     "uniqueIdType": "private"
    //   },
    //   "locations": [
    //     {
    //       "displayName": "Harry's Bar",
    //       "locationType": "default",
    //       "uniqueId": "Harry's Bar",
    //       "uniqueIdType": "private"
    //     }
    //   ],
    //   "attendees": [
    //     {
    //       "type": "required",
    //       "status": {
    //         "response": "none",
    //         "time": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
    //       },
    //       "emailAddress": {
    //         "name": "Adele Vance",
    //         "address": "adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
    //       }
    //     }
    //   ],
    //   "organizer": {
    //     "emailAddress": {
    //       "name": "Matt",
    //       "address": "outlook_3A33FCEB9B74CC15@outlook.com"
    //     }
    //   }
    // }
    // 
    // 

    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    odataContext = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"\"@odata.context\"");
    odataEtag = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"\"@odata.etag\"");
    id = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"id");
    createdDateTime = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"createdDateTime");
    lastModifiedDateTime = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"lastModifiedDateTime");
    changeKey = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"changeKey");
    originalStartTimeZone = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"originalStartTimeZone");
    originalEndTimeZone = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"originalEndTimeZone");
    iCalUId = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"iCalUId");
    reminderMinutesBeforeStart = CkJsonObjectW_IntOf(json,L"reminderMinutesBeforeStart");
    isReminderOn = CkJsonObjectW_BoolOf(json,L"isReminderOn");
    hasAttachments = CkJsonObjectW_BoolOf(json,L"hasAttachments");
    subject = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"subject");
    bodyPreview = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"bodyPreview");
    importance = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"importance");
    sensitivity = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"sensitivity");
    isAllDay = CkJsonObjectW_BoolOf(json,L"isAllDay");
    isCancelled = CkJsonObjectW_BoolOf(json,L"isCancelled");
    isOrganizer = CkJsonObjectW_BoolOf(json,L"isOrganizer");
    responseRequested = CkJsonObjectW_BoolOf(json,L"responseRequested");
    seriesMasterId = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"seriesMasterId");
    showAs = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"showAs");
    type = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"type");
    webLink = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"webLink");
    onlineMeetingUrl = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"onlineMeetingUrl");
    recurrence = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"recurrence");
    responseStatusResponse = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"responseStatus.response");
    responseStatusTime = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"responseStatus.time");
    bodyContentType = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"body.contentType");
    bodyContent = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"body.content");
    startDateTime = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"start.dateTime");
    startTimeZone = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"start.timeZone");
    endDateTime = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"end.dateTime");
    endTimeZone = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"end.timeZone");
    locationDisplayName = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"location.displayName");
    locationLocationType = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"location.locationType");
    locationUniqueId = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"location.uniqueId");
    locationUniqueIdType = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"location.uniqueIdType");
    organizerEmailAddressName = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"organizer.emailAddress.name");
    organizerEmailAddressAddress = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"organizer.emailAddress.address");
    i = 0;
    count_i = CkJsonObjectW_SizeOfArray(json,L"categories");
    while (i < count_i) {
        CkJsonObjectW_putI(json,i);
        // ...
        i = i + 1;
    }

    i = 0;
    count_i = CkJsonObjectW_SizeOfArray(json,L"locations");
    while (i < count_i) {
        CkJsonObjectW_putI(json,i);
        displayName = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"locations[i].displayName");
        locationType = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"locations[i].locationType");
        uniqueId = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"locations[i].uniqueId");
        uniqueIdType = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"locations[i].uniqueIdType");
        i = i + 1;
    }

    i = 0;
    count_i = CkJsonObjectW_SizeOfArray(json,L"attendees");
    while (i < count_i) {
        CkJsonObjectW_putI(json,i);
        type = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"attendees[i].type");
        statusResponse = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"attendees[i].status.response");
        statusTime = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"attendees[i].status.time");
        emailAddressName = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"attendees[i].emailAddress.name");
        emailAddressAddress = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"attendees[i].emailAddress.address");
        i = i + 1;
    }

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");


    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonToken);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);

    }